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A visit to Brushy Mound
A feature map of Cooke County, Texas, reveals the Brushy Mound community, also known as Brushy Mountain (Texas General Land Office). The...
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 17, 2020


Reclamation
Inside the old cemeteries where American dead reside, nature is taking back what was culled from her. A tree eats a decorative iron fence...
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 4, 2019


Tombstone History
Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace histrory. And the history from the tombstone needn’t be a family member,...
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 14, 2018


Lone Grave
Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 4, 2018


Muriel Wright, Oklahoma Historian
Boggy Depot Plan numbers Depot Muriel Wright 1927 1. Gov. Allen Wright’s residence. 2. John. Kingsbury residence. 3. House built by Mr....
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 1, 2018


A complaint about access
Indulge me for a moment while I vent a consistent frustration of mine… and probably one experienced by historians (professional and lay...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 25, 2016


Death Divided: Segregation Cemeteries in the Red River Valley
The Red River Valley of the South still contains the remnants of segregation inside many of its cemeteries.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 3, 2016


Other Stuff That’s Good About Dallas
The new issue of D Magazine posits 119 reasons why it loves Dallas. Some of the reasons were a little on lopsided – for example, the...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 2, 2009
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